The Best Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

The Best Rice Krispie Treats are soft, buttery, and ooey-gooey delicious. This three-ingredient homemade Rice Krispie Treat Recipe is made in the microwave making it quick and easy. Once you’ve made this recipe, you’ll never need another one.

How do you make the Best Rice Krispie Treats? It’s all about the perfect ratio of ingredients. We start with real butter and add the best marshmallows. And just for fun, we’re throwing in sprinkles! We’re always up for a good party and nothing says fun like sprinkles, right?

One of the biggest reasons I started my blog is because my daughter gave me a bad time about putting dishes together that she loved. When asking for the recipe I would just reply throw a little of this and a little of that in. Well, in her teacher’s brain, that just didn’t cut it.

I realized that I did the same thing with our Homemade Rice Krispie treats. People at work were always asking me how I made them. Get the picture?

Why is this the Best Rice Krispie Treats recipe?

Ingredients! {only 3}

• Butter – we only use the real stuff and plenty of it.
• Marshmallows – Jet Puffed mini marshmallows is our brand and they’ve got to be FRESH!
• Rice Krispie cereal – We haven’t experimented with other rice cereals and haven’t been convinced that there’s a reason too. Of course if you have a diet restriction, that wouldn’t apply here.

How we make our Rice Krispie Treats

1. Using our favorite large microwave-safe ugly yellow bowl, melt the butter in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring after each.
2. Add the marhmallows and microwave them in 30-second increments, stirring after each increment until totally melted.
3. Add the cereal in increments and only until it sticks together.
4. Gently press the Rice Krispie mix into the edges. We use a piece of wax paper that’s been spritzed with non-stick cooking spray for this. Add sprinkles if that’s how you roll.

Be sure to read the step-by-step instructions on the recipe card.

Tips for the Best Rice Krispie Treats! (ever)

• We use a silicone spatula to stir our Rice Krispie Treat ingredients together. This makes stirring them a lot easier without a lot of sticking. If you use another type of utensil, spraying it with non-stick cooking spray will help. We spray the pan too.
• Don’t add more rice krispie cereal than what you need. This will make a dense treat that will taste dry.
• Don’t press the bars too firmly. If you press them too firmly they will be dense and not soft and chewy. We spray a piece of wax paper with non-stick cooking spray and lightly smooth our homemade rice krispie treats right to the edges.
• This is a large batch that works on one 11×17 sheet pan. You can reduce the amount you make but keep the ratio the same. You can also use deeper pans such as a cake pan for a thicker bar. Keep one and gift the other. You’ll make someone very happy.

FAQ’s

Rice Krispie Treat Variations

• Add-ins! such as miniature chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips. or candy pieces such as M&M’s. Add them once the marshmallow mixture has been added and combined with the cereal. Once the marshmallow mixture is mixed they’re generally not hot so shouldn’t melt your add-ins.
• Rice Krispie Treats with sprinkles! These fancy treats are perfect for birthdays or if you just feel the need celebrate.
  • One word of caution! Use sprinkles that are soft. Some sprinkles are hard and difficult to eat. We also recommend that they just be applied to the top so you don’t get large clumps of sprinkles throughout your treats.
• Throw in some unmelted marshmallows for a 3-D treat.
• Use a different variety of cereal such as Cocoa Krispies, or Fruity Pebbles.
• Shapes: Just take a look at our Rice Krispie Snowman Pops & Cookies! By making a Rice Krispie sheet, we were able to stamp out shapes for the cookies and roll the mixture into pops.
  • We also added little lollipop sticks to our fancy rice krispie treats to make fun pops. Let the kiddos have some fun making their own!

What you may need

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Well, I couldn’t find an ugly yellow bowl for you, but you’ll want something that will fit in the microwave and have plenty of mixing space. My bowl holds about 24 cups but a bowl at least 19 cups would work. We didn’t use glass because it would be so heavy!

We liked this 12-piece set which was a third of the price of one bowl in the brand I have. The largest bowl is just over 23 cups and they come in your choice of colors.

Silicone spatulas are a must. I use them daily and just throw them into the dishwasher. This pretty set has a flat side and a curved side to take on your toughest job. I love that they are all one piece and can withstand 500°F!

Throw out those old chipped ones and treat yourself! They come in a mini size that’s great for getting ingredients out of cans and jars too. Aren’t they pretty?

More Kiddo Friendly Treat Recipes

• Caramel Crispix. This is one of our most popular recipes. It’s so addicting that people tell me not to bring it.
• Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats – A spin off this classic combines chocolate and peanut butter in gooey marshmallow.
• Unicorn Popcorn. Let the party continue with this popcorn treat!
• Candy Coated Popcorn A.K.A. Crack Corn. Treats don’t have to be difficult to make but they do have to taste good. This one tastes amazing!
• Pretzel Puppy Chow. AKA muddy buddies with a twist! We use peanut butter stuffed pretzels in this recipe!

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In case you’re wondering why I have a large ugly yellow bowl? Well, it wasn’t ugly 30 years ago. Like everything else it will come in again and be gorgeous! Right?

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